Shirt.



` PATENTED JULY 21, 1908. L. DINGER. 1

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1907. l' l 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLIUATION FILED l:mnu: 1a. 1907.

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L @am 7572 LOUIS DINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21,1908.

Application led June 13, 1907. Serial No. 378,848.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LOUIS DINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to mens shirts of that class commonly termedshirt waists, and relates more particular to a shirt having means forsupporting the trousers, so that the usual form of Suspenders can bedispensed with, thereby increasing the comfort to the wearer andimproving the appearance of the garment.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify theconstruction of wearing apparel of this character so as to becomparatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture, comfortable to thewearer and designed to have a perfect fit and permitting the trousers tobe attached to or detached from the suspending means applied to theshirt.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a shirt havingfastening devices including elastic members whereby the trousers can besupported, said devices being attached to the shirt in such a way as topermit freedom of movement without strain or danger of tearing thegarments.

and 3 are rear and front views respectively,

yof the shirt with portions broken away to illustrate details ofconstruction. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the trouserssuspending. devices. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the hook and eyefastening device for attaching the trousers to the shirt. Fig. 6 is asectional view on line 6-6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a front view of a modifiedform of shirt having a jacket or blouse section that conceals thetrousers suspending means. Fig. 8 is a similar view showing parts brokenaway and portions turned back to show details of construction. Fig. 9 isa back view of the shirt. Fig. 10 is a similar view with portions brokenaway. Fig. 1 1 is a perspective view of one of the fastening devicesapplied to the waist-band of the acket or blouse portion of the shirt.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a shirt of any approvedconstruction which may be of the cut form as shown, or of any otherdesign. At the front are box plaits 1 and 2 that extend from the frontedge of the yoke 3 at the top to the waist band 4 at the bottom, and atthe back of the shirt, as shown in Fig. 2, are box plaits 5 and 6 alsoextending from the yoke to the waist-band- In the box plaits 2 and 6-aretapes 7 that are secured to the body of shirt by stitching at theirupper ends and the lower ends are provided with trousers suspendingdevices designated generally by B. In the box plaits 1 and 5 are tapesor strips 8 that serve as `fillers so that all the box plaits will be ofthe same form. In other words, without the filler piece strips 8, thebox laits 1 and 5 would be ironed flat against the ody ofthe shirt,while the box plaits 2 and 6 would have more or less thickness, and toovercome this objection and give uniformity of appearance, the fillingstrips 8 are provided.

Each trousers suspending device B comprises a strip of elastic 9 thathas a buckle 10 attached to one end and is doubled at its lower endthrough the wire hook 11 and can be lengthened and shortened by anordinary sliding buckle 12. The hook 11 comprises a single length ofwire bent into a loop 13 through which the elastic strip or ribbonextends, a shank 14, and a bill 15 that is bent back over the shank andelongated in a direction transverse the length of the latter. On thetrousers are arranged suitable attaching devices having eyes into whichthe hooks 11 can be engaged. Each attaching device comprises a suitablelength of metal 16 in strip form doubled centrally on itself as clearlylshown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the doubled strip is straddled over thewaistband of the trousers at 17. Each half of the device 16 is providedwith a longitudinal slot 18 and the portions of the strip adjacent theslot are odset as indicated at 19 so that a pocket 20 is formed betweenthe inner and outer surfaces of the trousers and the parallel sideportions of the strip. The strip 16 is securedA to the trousers in anysuitable manner, as for instance, by stitches 21, Fig. 5.

The buckles of the suspending devices B' taching devices on thetrousers, the hooks are held in such a manner that the elongated bill 15can be inserted into the desired slot 18 of the strip 16 and after beingthus entered, the hook is turned through ninety degrees so as tointerlock as shown in Fig. 5. In this manner, the hooks can be readilyattached and detached from the device C.

Referring now to the blouse or jacket shirt shown in Figs. 7 to 10inclusive, D designates the body ofthe shirt which is of ordinaryconstruction and to the outside thereof is a blouse or jacket section Ethat is secured to the yoke 22. Secured to the front and back of thebody D and covered by the jacket section E are vertically extendingstrips 23 of suitable material such as duck or other strong goods, thesaid strips being secured by stitches 24 and the lower ends of thestrips are free so that the buckles 10 of the trousers suspendingdevices B can be attached thereto. The suspending devices B are similarto those described in connection with the other form of shirt, and thehooks 11 of the said devices are adapted to engage in the slots 1S ofthe devices C at the inside of the trousers, and on the waist-band 25 ofthe section E of the shirt are internal hooks designated generally by26, the elongated bills 27 of which are adapted to engage in the outsideslots of the devices C. The hooks 26 are each composed of a singlelength of wire bent into a suitably shaped body portion 2S that isstitched to the waist-band of the jacket portion E. In a shirt fashionedin the manner described, the suspending devices B are entirely concealedand the jacket portion can be plain or plaited, as desired.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method ofoperation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention appertains, and while I have described the principle ofoperation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof', I desire to have itunderstood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made when desired, as are within the scope of the claims.l

Having thus described the invention, what 1. A shirt comprising a bodyportion of such length as to tuck into the trousers of the wearer, ablouse section permanently secured to the body and of such length as toterminate at the waist-band of the trousers, trousers-suspending devicessecured to the shirt and adapted to be attached to the trousers, andmeans on the blouse section for securing to the trousers.

2. A shirt comprising a body portion, strips of strong material securedvertically down the front and rear thereof, the lower ends of the stripsbeing free from the body, and trousers suspending devices on the ends ofthe strips, each device comprising a hook, an elastic strip adjustablyattached to the hook, a buckle on the strip, means on the elastic stripfor lengthening and shortening the devices, and a member adapted to besecured to the waist-band of a pair of trousers for receiving the saidhook.

3. A shirt comprising a body portion, vertically extending stripssecured to the front and rear thereof, trousers suspending devices onthe strips, each device including an elastic member, a buckle attachedthereto, means for lengthening and shortening the device, a hook on themember having a laterally elongated bill, a metal piece adapted to besecured to the waist-band of a garment and having a vertically extendingslot into which the bill of the hook engages.

4. A shirt comprising a body having an outer jacket-like section,trousers suspending devices attached to the body, and means on the outersection for securing the same to the trousers and holding the saidsection around the waist of the wearer.

5. A shirt comprising a body having a j acket-like outer section,vertically extending strips of strong material secured to the body,elastic trousers suspending devices on the lower ends of thestrips, ahook included in each device, hooks attached to the Waist portion of theouter section, and attaching devices adapted to be secured to thewaistband of a pair of trousers for attachment with the hooks.

6. A shirt comprising a body portion, a yoke, and sleeves, incombination with a blouse section extending around the back and iront ofthe body portions and secured along the upper edge to the latter,trouserssuspending means secured to the body portion, and devices spacedaround the bottom edge of the blouse section for attaching the latter tothe trousersindependently of the said means.

7. A shirt comprising a body section, a I In testimony whereof, I aix mysignet blouse section permanently securedl thereto, ture in presence oftWo Witnesses. vtrousers-sus endin' means secure to t e shirt, devios ontie blouse section for fas- LOUIS DINGER 5 tening the latter to thetrousers, and fasten- Witnesses:

ings secured to the trousers for receiving the JOSEPH FLYNN, said meansand devices. JosEPH DINGER.

